2007 – Serial Project

Description:

The serial project of Dead Set exists as a sequence of notes : each part consists as an assemblage of modular concepts, that are rearranged for the duration of the individual spectacle. Dead Set #2 and #3 were organized around the topic of the image of trauma. Dead Set#2 was created first in Berlin at the Hebbel Theatre and for Paris at the Festival d’Automne à Paris. Further iterations of the series will involve non-theatrical performances, straight-to-video releases, and commerce.

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Creation History:

DEAD SET #2
2006
Hebbel Theater (Berlin, Germany)
La Comete (Chalons en Champagne, France)
Theatre d’Angouleme (Angouleme, France)
Festival d’Automne à Paris (Paris, France)

DEAD SET #3
2007
The Kitchen (NYC)
deSignel (Antwerp, Belgium)
Künstlerhaus Mousonturm (Frankfurt, Germany)
Donau Festival (Krems, Austria)

Press:

“this visually and sonically ravishing production will leave you rattled, amazed and perhaps a little queasy.” – Time Out New York

“punishes its audience with an orgy of spectacle…Live theater itself seems under assault” – New York Times

“A descent into a heavy metal hell.” – Inrockuptibles (Paris, France)

“hypnotic, disturbing, anxiety-inducing,…” – Telerama (Paris, France)

Funding:

Co-produced by Hebbel Am Ufer, Berlin; Festival d’Automne à Paris; Le Studio/Maison des Arts de Créteil; The Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus; Künstlerhaus Mousonturm, Frankfurt; and The Kitchen; and received funding support from Florence Gould Foundation and étant donnés: The French-American Fund for the Performing Arts.